diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/defaults/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/defaults/main.yml
index 1f84ad8880c3a656bce1c0031c0cbb44c251c8aa..7c6293f3bbac567bd841dc1be877ac7665d789a4 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/base_config/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for base_config
-ansible_net_has_2RE: false  # safe to set because when ansible gets this var from the real Juniper box, it will be overwritten.
+# ansible_net_has_2RE: false  # safe to set because when ansible gets this var from the real Juniper box, it will be overwritten.